Riscadilho Collection - Gray 02

Riscadilho Collection - Gray 02

Often called striped cheetah, the 'riscadilho’ has been present in the Portuguese textile culture since the 19th century in the Estremadura area.

Hand-woven cloth (cotton web and wool weft) was present in the skirts or skirts of women's dress from the poorest villages.

It was in my great-grandmother's skirt that I first saw the 'riscadilho’ technique for the first time. A beautiful, heavy skirt, woven from cotton and wool and dyed in walnut shell, presenting a clever combination of wonderful stripes.

This collection is born as a way to honor all the weavers that in their looms gave life to the ‘riscadilho’.

Front and back of pillow is handwoven continuously in cotton (yearn and textile waste) , finished with a zipper. Machine wash cold, air dry.